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Pond5, the World's Stock Media Marketplace, is a community-driven marketplace for stock media, featuring the largest collection of royalty-free stock video, with more than 900,000 clips, as well as millions of photos, illustrations, music tracks, sound effects, After Effects project templates, and 3D models. All media on Pond5 is instantly downloadable, and licensed under a simple royalty-free license. Prices are set by contributors, who earn 50% on each sale – among the highest royalties in the industry. Pond5 was launched in 2006. The company is based in New York City.

History
Company was established in 2006 by New York based entrepreneur Tom Bennett and Geneva based web developer Marcus Engene. Pond5 is the world’s premier online marketplace for stock media, which includes the web’s largest selection of royalty-free stock video footage, and a full range of sound effects, images After Effects and production music. Company started growing up in early 2008 when

Key features
In 2011 Pond5’s collection of stock media has grown rapidly, and now features more than 900,000 stock video clips – already the largest collection on the web, and expected to reach 1 million by early 2012. In addition, the site offers millions of photos and vector illustrations, customizable After Effects templates, and one of the deepest audio collections in the world, with more than 200,000 sound effects and 100,000 music tracks. The site has attracted thousands of content creators from around the world with an artist-friendly model that features high royalties, the ability to set prices yourself, and a fast, no-hassle interface.

Contribution
Pond5 offers artists one of the best deals in the industry. 50% from each sales artist make is considered as highest rate in stock media world. Company accepts Full HD,SD,4K video formats, After effects projects, Music tracks,sound effects.

Pricing
With prices starting at just $2 for audio and $5 for video, pro-quality stock content is within reach for media makers everywhere. Prices on Pond5 tend to be the lowest in the industry, because they are are set by the artists themselves, who earn a much higher percentage than they do elsewhere.

License
Pond5 grants Licensee a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual right to use, display, modify, publish and create Works for Distribution incorporating Licensed Content in any and all media an unlimited number of times. Beyond the initial license fee, Licensee need make no additional payments to Pond5 for the use of Licensed Content, provided such use conforms to the terms of this Agreement, including but not limited to the Restrictions on Use in section 3. This Agreement is a license, not an agreement of sale. Licensee shall not acquire any copyright ownership or equivalent rights to any of the Licensed Content, and Pond5 and its Licensed Content sources retain all right, title, and interest in and to all of the copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and all other proprietary rights in the Licensed Content. All rights in and to Licensed Content not expressly granted in this agreement are retained by Pond5 or its suppliers, as the case may be.